Ross Kemp Quotes

I never feel that far away from the tabloids.

I can't stand the gossip of celebrities' lives, all the time! Every minute!

I don't know what fun newspapers and magazines derive from interfering in people's private lives.

But it kills me, this fascination with celebrities' personal lives.

I think we know too much about actors as it is and their personal lives and it's this information age where we're stimulated constantly by the celebrity buzz effect or whatever it is, these web sites and blogs and different things.

We've all seen the media endlessly focus on the personal lives of celebrities. Most of it is gossip and tabloid fodder.

I wish we could go back to the time when the private lives of our public figures were relevant only if they directly affected their public responsibilities.

People are intrigued and fascinated, almost obsessed with the private lives of great public personalities.

The English press, are so nosy, and the English seem to love that eavesdropping.

I hate that tabloid idea of anybody who is famous having to forfeit their privacy.

I don't want to be involved in endless media gossip.

What stars do in their off-hours is a never-ending source of diddling curiosity to the tabloid sensibility.

I think people should be protected from being made to feel that they want to know what somebody famous had for breakfast.

All the things that happen to people in the industry today, the actors, what they have to put up with, all the people wanting to know every single moment of their lives - I think it's really sad.

In Hollywood everything is so documented. If you go for a drink with somebody, it's passed around the world so quickly.

The problem with paparazzi is that it makes you question your boundaries, like, how do I say, 'That's enough guys?'

I don't read tabloids. I just don't go there.

There are two types of paparazzi. The ones who hide who get you with your mouth hanging wide open or jumping up and down like an idiot on the street. I much prefer them to the ones who come out and follow you.

I don't want three million people digesting my private life over their cornflakes.

The British press has an insatiable appetite for making public things that should be private. It's a prurience that I've never understood.

I have never sold my story, done 'Hello!' magazine, any of that stuff. I'm not guilty of exploiting my private life for cash and then saying, 'Oh, I don't want to talk about my private life.' I've never crossed that line.

When we are out there selling a new picture, when did it become part of the deal that you have to sell the family? To use the juicy part of your life to get attention? I'm not blaming the reporters. It's the system.

My whole goal was to be able to work in television and film and maintain a normal life, never be in a tabloid.

Celebrity watching and speculation is almost like a sport.

I'll take photographs with kids. People who want to take photographs with me. People who like the movies. People who supported me. I'll do that all day, all night, that's fine. But the bombardment of the paparazzi is just... I truly don't understand. It just feels like this kind of gluttonous, horrific sport. It's like sport.